Davydenko will defeat himself, he hardly needs Federer for that. Federer will make it to the third round, and if Tomic does then he did it losing at least one set and almost another to rank 120 in the world qualifier Daniel Brands

Wait, do you actually like Tomic? If you don't mind me asking, why? His game? Surely not because of his personality :-|

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Tomic has a very distinctive style, both game and personality. One of the young guys will have to break through eventually. I fancy Tomic to possibly be the one rather than overrated Dimitrov at this point.

I haven't ever seen Brands play before but I'm liking his game. Tomic seems to have improved from when I saw him last, but his failure/unwillingness to do much of anything with Brands's serve is really hurting him.

Tomic has a very distinctive style, both game and personality. One of the young guys will have to break through eventually. I fancy Tomic to possibly be the one rather than overrated Dimitrov at this point.

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Here's the translation:

"I want Tomic to beat Federer and since he's more capable of doing so than Brands I want Tomic to win today. Btw, if possible, I would also want Federer to lose to Davydenko today a match I will obviously watch until Davydenko gets broken (which is like 7 minutes total)

I hate Federer with all my heart and because Dimitrov plays like him I hate him too. I don't care about Tomic or at least wouldn't care about him if he was in a different section of the draw.

Obviously I had to mention Dimitrov as the one who WON'T break it to the top while ignoring the likes of Raonic and Janowicz at the same time which proves how biased I am"

"I want Tomic to beat Federer and since he's more capable of doing so than Brands I want Tomic to win today. Btw, if possible, I would also want Federer to lose to Davydenko today a match I will obviously watch until Davydenko gets broken (which is like 7 minutes total)

I hate Federer with all my heart and because Dimitrov plays like him I hate him too. I don't care about Tomic or at least wouldn't care about him if he was in a different section of the draw"

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:lol: :lol: :lol: I think it more due to what Tomic said in the 2011 Tomic Nadal match.

"I want Tomic to beat Federer and since he's more capable of doing so than Brands I want Tomic to win today. Btw, if possible, I would also want Federer to lose to Davydenko today a match I will obviously watch until Davydenko gets broken (which is like 7 minutes total)

I hate Federer with all my heart and because Dimitrov plays like him I hate him too. I don't care about Tomic or at least wouldn't care about him if he was in a different section of the draw"

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I like Tomic and I feel Brands is the kind of guy he should beat especially at AO. I feel it would be a disappointing counterperf at this point in his career not to. Unlike you, I am not obsessed with Fed.

Tomic's "bunt" volley a few games ago and that weird casual & weak forehand slice off a 2nd serve return are indications of crazy lack of either caring or focus. Is he just experimenting? (in a close match at a Grand Slam!)

I like Tomic and I feel Brands is the kind of guy he should beat especially at AO. I feel it would be a disappointing counterperf at this point in his career not to. Unlike you, I am not obsessed with Fed.

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Let me get this straight. So you hate Federer for his style and arrogance but you like Tomic despite him being arrogant (without backing it up with results unlike Fed) and playing with variety (like Federer).

Unless you want to make a case for Federer having no variety, then please do so. Let us have a laugh.

This match is a perfect example of why Tomic is dreaming if he thinks he'll ever be in the top echelon of players. His movement is worse than many club level players and his hustle is barely evident at all.

In the first two sets alone he lost about 20 points because he was too casual with his movement.